Anyone into R/C?

@but why tho and @Kwikvette can tell you more about the FCX18, not much bad to say about it on the forums and such... I have an FCX24 and it's a love/hate relationship

 

Playing around earlier with the SCX24, I Didn’t realize the traction boards came off.

Poser pic.



Now….you guys have me looking at possible upgrades, not that I need them.

 

Cools! Still might pick it up….. maybe.

 

I really like mine, but it's not the easiest truck to work on. I'd at least recommend Injora's magnetic body mount set to ditch the screws.

 

Another night of chipping away at the exo. Slowly coming together

 

I dig it.

 

I think im at a stopping point. Gonna clean it up, decide how I want to mount it and slap on some paint. Any color reccomendations?

 

Neon green

 

I'd paint it a light metallic grey, to make it look like raw steel then add light brush streaks of black or other greys to make it look weathered and worn

 

I like it. I was leaning towards very light coats of silver/grey. That way as the paint gets scuffed it would reveal the original under color as If it was rust

 

Agreed.

Cast Blast, in a rattle can. I have always liked the color of it on a transmission/t-case or any exposed steel of sorts. To me, it looks damn good.

 

That looks really fricken good, I like that a lot!

 

My son is turning 5 tomorrow and wants a RC truck. My wife wants to get him a $70 one off of Amazon but I went down the rabbit hole. It must be purchased on Amazon, we have a lot of gift cards. Was looking into the arrma Grom Granite but have been reading a lot about the diffs blowing out. Tried to talk him into a Grom Mojave but he wants more of a monster truck. Any ideas for the $150 price range?

 

Gorgon Grom maybe?

 

If you stay with the brushed setup the diffs should be fine.

 

Get the grom. I got the Mojave and really hope they do a 223 monster truck

 

Have you seen the Lexus scx24?

https://www.amainhobbies.com/axial-...yy9x6Q-RzDsdZybjBXHfu4ahfFJRZZXkaAhmsEALw_wcB

 

For a 5 year old, I doubt he's going to be breaking diffs. There's more of a chance of breaking things like the front control arms or more in the event of a crash.

Many of these RCs are too fast for even adults to handle.

I second the vote for getting the kid a crawler like the SCX24 or similar.

 

Seen it, love it, want it but he doesn’t like it he wants something fast and does jumps. Ordered the Grom Granite and it will be here tomorrow morning just in time for his birthday

 

IMO the brushed Groms are pretty manageable, and they have different power modes you can easily switch on the transmitter to slow it down.